The facial tumour cells that threaten the Tasmanian devils may use a sort of molecular shield to protect them from the animal's immune system.

Devils released back onto the Tasmanian mainland in the next step to fight the deadly DFTD disease.
Wildlife Management Branch, Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and EnvironmentNovember 13, 2016

On Monday this week The Conversation published a story under the headline “What’s killing Tassie devils if it isn’t contagious cancer?” The article suggested evidence that the Tasmanian devil facial tumour…

Is the dying Tassie devil the victim of some undone science?
Flickr/SyNovember 16, 2014

Editors note: The argument in the following piece has been refuted in a seperate article titled Tassie devil facial tumour is a transmissible cancer. Scientists have been trying to figure out the cause…